Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk, says Donetsk city of Bakhmut is already being shelled ‘very hard’, as Vladimir Putin urges his troops to rest after seizing Luhansk region. Follow the latest updates
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Ukrainian forces have taken up new defensive lines in Donetsk, where they still control major cities, and plan to launch counter offensives in the south of the country.
Luhansk governor, Serhiy Haidai, said the weeks-long battle for Lysychansk had drawn in Russian troops that could have been fighting on other fronts, and had given Ukraine’s forces time to build fortifications in the Donetsk region to make it “harder for the Russians there”.
This is the last victory for Russia on Ukrainian territory.
These were medium-sized cities. And this took from 4th April until 4th July – that’s 90 days. So many losses…”
The Armed Forces of Ukraine respond, push back and destroy the offensive potential of the occupiers day after day.
We need to break them. It is a difficult task. It requires time and superhuman efforts. But we have no alternative.”
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